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Bitemark Analysis: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review

January 9, 2023 //  by Sarah Olson

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reviewed the scientific foundations of bitemark analysis, a forensic technique in which marks on the skin of a biting victim are compared with the teeth of a suspected biter. NIST has published its findings in a draft report, Bitemark Analysis: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review, which will be …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Bite Mark

Digital Investigation Techniques: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review

December 22, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

Nov. 2022 report

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

A Forensic Without the Science: Face Recognition in U.S. Criminal Investigations

December 22, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

NACDL Training and Resource Counsel Clare Garvie has authored a new report titled A Forensic Without the Science: Facial Recognition in U.S. Criminal Investigations. Designed as a resource for defense attorneys, advocates, and the public, it outlines how police face recognition searches are prone to error from under-performing algorithms, the lack of training and cognitive …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

A Review of Legislation Associated with Lawfully-Owed DNA Samples

November 7, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

Convicted offender DNA sample collection laws vary in each state in terms of what type of offense obligates an offender to provide a sample, whether a conviction should be the trigger for sample collection, and which agency is responsible for collecting the sample. Because of this interstate variability, the effectiveness of DNA sample collection laws …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: FTCOEForensic Discipline: DNA

Geofence Warrant Primer

June 6, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

5-page primer from NACDL’s Fourth Amendment Center that prepares attorneys to litigate a motion to suppress a geofence warrant.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NACDLForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

Toolmark-Comparison Testimony: A Report to the Texas Forensic Science Commission

May 18, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

To assist the Texas Forensic Science Commission in a pending review of traditional toolmark-comparison testimony, the Yale Law School Forensic Science Standards Practicum submitted this report on the range of approaches that courts, legal commentators, and scientists have proposed for presenting toolmark-comparison evidence in trial settings. The report addresses four major topics: (1) the case …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Firearms

Statement of the TX Forensic Science Commission Regarding “Alternate Firearms Opinion Terminology”

January 5, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

Dec. 2021 statement Addressing a USDOJ document that instructs firearms examiners to avoid using terminology such as the weapon “could have fired” the bullets or cartridge cases, “consistent with” or “could not be excluded” as having fired the bullets or cartridge cases.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: Texas Forensic Science CommissionForensic Discipline: Firearms

SDPD Crime Laboratory – Forensic Biology Unit, Validation of the STRmixTM Software MCMC Markov Chain Monte Carlo

August 5, 2021 //  by Kate Shurtleff

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: DNA

Procedure for Analysis Interpretation of STR DNA Profiles

August 5, 2021 //  by Kate Shurtleff

NC State Crime Lab

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: DNA

DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review

August 5, 2021 //  by Kate Shurtleff

By: John M. Butler, Hari Iyer, Rich Press, Melissa K. Taylor, Peter M. Vallone, & Sheila Willis

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: DNA

NIST Publishes Review of DNA Mixture Interpretation Methods

June 9, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a draft report, DNA Mixture Interpretation: A Scientific Foundation Review, which reviews the methods forensic laboratories use to interpret evidence containing a mixture of DNA from two or more people.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: DNA

Digital Forensics Resource Packet for Legal Professionals

February 19, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

This resource contains sample subpoena and evidence preservation language for various types of digital evidence.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: Envista ForensicsForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

Jan. 13, 2021 Statement of US Department of Justice on the PCAST Report

January 13, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

The US DOJ published a statement on the Sept. 2016 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report, Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods. The DOJ explains its disagreements with the 2016 report in the statement. In summary, the DOJ’s position is that: Traditional forensic pattern examination methods—as currently practiced—do not belong …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: USDOJForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics

A Simplified Guide to Trace Evidence

October 18, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

Tiny fragments of physical evidence such as hairs, fibers from clothing or carpeting, or pieces of glass are examples of trace evidence, and can be transferred when two objects touch or when small particles are disbursed by an action or movement. This evidence can be used to reconstruct an event or indicate that a person …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: FTCOEForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Fire Research: Identifying Ignitable Liquids in Debris and Providing Error Rates to Strengthen Testimony

October 3, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

With funding from the NIJ, Dr. Michael Sigman and Mary Williams from University of Central Florida developed a method for analyzing fire debris samples that are highly contaminated with pyrolysis interferences. This technique provides an alternative objective method for classifying ignitable liquid residues, which is one of the only viable options for helping to progress …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

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